Welcome to The Bridge Class at HFBC!

We're a couplesí class of 40-somethings (give-or-take a few or more years)!

What We Do:

Our goal is to build bridges (thus, "The Bridge" Class) and forge strong friendships with each other as we continue to grow in our walk with the Lord.

Why Weíre Here:

Our desire is to grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ through the study of His Word and to foster active involvement in a community of people who live and love one another in a manner that displays Godís character to each other and the world around us.

In WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for
one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace.

Each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Central) (6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of our troops.

You may not see results in those you interact with or even in your own life.

No one may repent. You're not responsible for their response, only your obedience.

As you begin to die to self, God will reveal to you new areas of your life in which you need to decrease, so He may increase. That's why accountability and good Christian friendships are so important, so that they will be able to point out evidences of God's grace in your life as encouragement.

We can't explain it, but it just happens...to the glory of God! (Mark 4:26-29)

Three Points in considering Jesus' calling and the calling of His followers:

Jesus is on mission to bring salvation to people (Luke 19:1-10)
Two Key Words: SEEK and SAVE
Seek carries with it the idea of an active process -
Question: What are you presently "seeking" this week?
Jesus' interaction/revelation with Zacchaeus is an example of God, through Jesus, reaching out to a lost mankind.

Jesus commanded His followers to share His love and sacrifice to all people (Matthew 28:18-20)
Sunday Bible Study is the church organized and dedicated to fulfilling the Great Commission.
It is the Great COMMISSION - not the Great SUGGESTION!
Which leads to the third observation:

Every believer is responsible for being a faithful witness.
It is not an option!
Question: Are you sharing Christ? If so, keep on! If not, why not?